Dixie and Rick Armstrong have seen plenty of elections come and go while working the polls in Wayne County. While they’re confident in the integrity of the process, they worry about where the next generation of election workers will come from. Dixie Armstrong has been an election inspector at Wayne County voting sites for about […]
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Enjoy our coverage of the 2024 election including candidate interviews, voting information, ballot updates, conversations with election officials and more.
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Clerk: Don’t fall for election registration scam
Wayne County’s Election Board has begun taking steps to make sure that ballots for the Nov. 5 election are accurate and will be counted correctly. However, not everyone has residents’ best interests at heart. Wayne County’s clerk is already aware of at least one scammer’s efforts to try to get local voters to share their […]
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Want to vote this year?
If you’re grabbing your wallet to head to a fall festival, it might be a good time to ensure your ID card is present and current before heading to the polls in the next few weeks. Here are some election-related deadlines and tips that prospective voters should keep in mind in the coming days. Register […]
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Next election filing deadline is Aug. 1
A few candidates have filed to serve Hagerstown and Dublin residents before the fall election. Residents from those two towns must file candidacy forms by noon Aug. 1 at Wayne County’s voter registration office inside the courthouse, 301 E. Main St., Richmond. Different filing deadlines apply for towns with populations of less than 3,500 so […]
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Will enough candidates file for school boards?
A week before the deadline, a total of nine candidates have filed to fill several vacancies on each of Wayne County’s public school boards. The deadline to submit filing paperwork is noon Thursday, June 20, at the Wayne County voter registration office in the Richmond courthouse. The open seats are: Some new faces will be […]
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School board candidates must file by June 20
Those interested in local schools only have a few weeks to decide if they want to serve on their boards in 2025. School board races have a different filing deadline for the Nov. 5 election than other public offices. Filing for school board opportunities began Tuesday, May 21, at voter registration offices inside county courthouses. […]
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Clerk: Voting ‘as smooth as a cool mountain breeze’
Everything about local voting on May 7 “went as smooth as a cool mountain breeze,” according to Wayne County Clerk Debbie Berry. She noted low but steady turnout most of the day, and that appeared to be the case at the vote center in Cambridge City’s Golay Community Center. Around 11 a.m., a few voters […]
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2024 primary election results
Wayne County’s Republican voters nominated candidates for judge, commissioner, clerk of courts, treasurer and coroner, along with various state and federal offices, in the 2024 primary election held today. Ronald J. “Ron” Moore won the primary race for Superior Court 1 judge with 3,000 votes, or 48%, defeating J. Clayton Miller (1,858 votes) and Austin […]
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Congress candidates invited for April 18 IN Focus forum
Whitewater Community Television is concluding its IN Focus series of candidate interviews. Republican candidates for U.S. Representative (District 6) were invited for the 6 p.m. April 18 program. WCTV is partnering with Wayne County Area Chamber of Commerce and Western Wayne News to increase familiarity with candidates in contested primary election races. Previous programs featured […]
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Deadline nears for voter registration
Only a few days remain for Wayne County residents to register to vote if they want to have their say in May’s election. Voter registration ends Monday, April 8, for the May 7 primary. Those interested in registering can visit the voter registration office inside Wayne County Courthouse, 301 E. Main St., Richmond, or see indianavoters.com. […]